Qatar Airways Privilege Club is currently offering two separate transfer bonus promotions. They’re not particularly exciting, but are worth being aware of, as this can also be useful for collecting other “flavors” of Avios (including with British Airways Executive Club).
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Transfer Citi points to Privilege Club with 25% bonus
Through November 30, 2023, Qatar Airways is offering a 25% bonus when you convert select bank points to Privilege Club Avios.
Participating transfer partners include the following:
Ahlibank, Ahli United Bank, ahlibank Oman, Cathay United Bank, CBQ, Citibank, CTBC Bank, Doha Bank, Dukhan Bank, Emirates Islamic, HSBC Hong Kong, HSBC Sri Lanka, HSBC USA, Hyundai Card – AMEX, Kasikorn Bank, Kuwait Finance House, Mashreq, Ping An E-wallet, QIIB, QNB
Of the partners, Citi ThankYou is the only major program in the United States that’s eligible for this offer.
This bonus is being offered on Qatar Airways’ end, meaning you won’t see the bonus reflected directly with partners. Bonus Avios will post within 45 days of the end date of the promotion (though hopefully they post much faster than that).
Transfer Amex points to Privilege Club with 10% bonus
Through December 3, 2023, Qatar Airways is offering a 10% bonus when you convert Amex Membership Rewards points to Privilege Club Avios.
This bonus is being offered on Qatar Airways’ end, meaning you won’t see the bonus reflected directly with partners. Bonus Avios will post within 45 days of the end date of the promotion (though hopefully they post much faster than that).
Use these offers to earn British Airways Avios
As of 2022, Qatar Airways Privilege Club adopted Avios as its new rewards currency. This was an exciting development, as it’s possible to transfer Avios at a 1:1 ratio between the various programs that use this rewards currency. That includes Aer Lingus AerClub, British Airways Executive Club, and Iberia Plus.
This means that you could use these offers to indirectly convert Amex Membership Rewards or Citi ThankYou points into British Airways Avios with a 10-25% bonus as well. That’s something that will no doubt interest some, but just keep in mind that the bonus won’t post instantly, and that we’ve also seen bigger transfer bonuses in the past. Therefore this won’t be as useful to some as the other bonuses we’ve seen from transferable points currencies to British Airways.
Bottom line
Qatar Airways Privilege Club is offering a 25% bonus when you transfer Citi ThankYou points, and a 10% bonus when you transfer Amex Membership Rewards points. I wouldn’t take advantage of this without a specific use in mind, though this could be a decent opportunity if you’re looking to earn any type of Avios.
Do you plan on taking advantage of this Privilege Club transfer bonus?
As a Qatar Airways member I’d remind you that Qatar helps the USA with negotiations for the hostages.These are good people and our largest military base is in Qatar.
Still waiting on my 30% bonus from the 100k Citi points transferred on November 3rd. They said it could take up to 45 days for the points points to appear, so buyer beware.
It usually posts a week or so after the promo ends so you’ll get it in December
I received my 56k bonus miles on Dec 07, about a week after the promo ended.
Please, no more publicity for homophobic, terrorist-harbouring governments.
#BoycottQatar
And…terrorist-funding governments
Agreed
#BoycottAmerica